General info
ArFiCo and Orsi Academy offer a Basic & Advanced 2-Day Course in Robotic Hernia Repair with hands-on training on live animal tissue for general surgeons with:
- Beginner robotic skills who want to master the robotic surgery approach in abdominal wall surgery.
- Advanced robotic skills who want to learn to perform a robot-assisted transversus abdominis release (roboTAR) independently.
Proctored and one-to-one teaching by top-expert Dr. Filip Muysoms!
Please indicate upon registration if you would like to apply for the basic or advanced Robotic Hernia Repair.
What you will learn
- Understand and perform independently a robotic ventral repair (IPOM, TAPP, TARUP)
- Step by step approach on ventral hernia repair
- Understand and perform independently a robotic groin hernia repair
Faculty
Program
Full day of live case observations at AZ Maria Middelares Ghent
- Meeting point: Atrium, entrance hall of AZ Maria Middelares Hospital Ghent
Live case observation
- Robot-assisted abdominal wall surgery on da Vinci Xi performed by Dr. Filip Muysoms
Full day of hands-on training at Orsi Academy
Lectures: introduction to porcine model
Coffee break and change into scrubs
Hands-on training on live animal tissue (porcine model)
- BASIC: Robot-assisted groin hernia (left and right TAPP)
- ADVANCED: Robot-assisted transversus abdominis release (TAR)
Lunch at the Orsi restaurant
Continu hands-on training on live animal tissue (porcine model)
- BASIC: Robot-assisted non complex ventral repair (IPOM, TARUP)
- ADVANCED: Robot-assisted transversus abdominis release (TAR)
End of the course
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